This Is Us Season 4
NBC's tearjerker family drama returned for a fourth season Tuesday and greatly expanded its world, introducing three story lines that have the potential to shake up life for the Pearsons, now and in the future. The new narratives, and the new characters that go with them, could add energy to the series after a woefully tiresome Season 3. If the premiere episode, "Strangers," is any indication, the new trio (and talented actors who play them) are just what "Us" needs.
This Is Us Season 4
We see New Jack through more life stages than anyone else in the episode, and the reason becomes clear when his identity is finally revealed. He's the only new character not in the present timeline. (So we might not see as much of him this season as the other two.).
This Is Us wrapped up its fourth season with an hour that encompassed four different time periods, introduced two new key characters, brought back many more recurring players and still managed to set up storylines that will reverberate throughout the final two seasons for which the show has already been renewed.
Suffering from PTSD, Cass returns home from the war and struggles to adjust to normal life. Flashing back to her time in the Middle East, she lashes out at her child, Maddie, and promptly leaves, shocked at her own actions. Deciding she needs help, she heads to counselling. Her life is at a stand-still and a lot of this stems from the sheer guilt she feels over the cost of civilian lives out on the front lines. That figure happens to be a measley $1200. Before she can continue talking though, a man throws a chair through the window. That man happens to be Nicky.
Acting as a throwback to the very first episode, This Is Us does well to add new characters to the fold while using the Jack and Rebecca storyline to anchor everything together. Of course, due to the extended amount of time dedicated to the trio of new faces, fans expecting more screen-time for their favourites may well be left disappointed with this.
At baby Jack's birthday party, Rebecca and Miguel announced their intention to move to St. Louis, where they'll live for nine months while Rebecca receives treatment. However, in a flash-forward, Kevin, his mystery fiancée, and Kate join Rebecca at the family cabin to celebrate their 40th birthday (no Randall in sight). Does this mean the trial didn't work, or did Rebecca forgo it after all?
In the near-future flash forward, Kate (Chrissy Metz) is wearing her wedding ring, but she signs documents on behalf of Rebecca as Kate Pearson and Toby is nowhere in sight. Could this mean the tensions between her and Toby (Chris Sullivan) were too much to continue in their marriage?
When This Is Us premiered back in 2016, the first season focused heavily on the early days of Jack and Rebecca's time as parents: the run-up to the birth of their triplets, the loss of their son Kyle, and Randall's adoption. It also featured their OB-GYN, Dr. K. Since then, the show has drifted away from that era and their doctor. But he returned in the Season 4 finale, and Dr. K's "Blue Skies" song on This Is Us was just the moment fans needed. Warning: Spoilers for This Is Us follow.
Jack's response is to pack up the family and take a trip back to Dr. K. Though the show has long left the character behind, for this era of the couple, Dr. K. is still someone who they see on a semi-regular basis during the post-pregnancy wrap-up.
After Jack and Rebecca leave, they go home and finally allow themselves to grieve and move on from this emotional time. Meanwhile, Dr. K. finds himself sitting alone in his office, singing to himself. "Blue skies....smiling at me...."
Season five of This Is Us is finally premiering on Oct. 27 and there's a lot to catch up on. We last saw the Pearson family reunite at Kate and Toby's house to celebrate baby Jack's first birthday. While it's great to see everyone back together, it wouldn't be a This Is Us episode without gut-wrenching drama. We were left frantic over sibling rivalries, heartbroken over Rebecca's health diagnosis, and euphoric over the news of growing families at the end of season four. Major things are happening to every character and there's plenty of cliffhangers that set the tone for season five. First, let's play a bit of catch-up!
Season five of This Is Us is finally premiering on Oct. 27 and there's a lot to catch up on. We last saw the Pearson family reunite at Kate and Toby's house to celebrate baby Jack's first birthday. While it's great to see everyone back together, it wouldn't be a This Is Us episode without gut-wrenching drama. We were left frantic over sibling rivalries, heartbroken over Rebecca's health diagnosis, and euphoric over the news of growing families at the end of season four. Major things are happening to every character and there's plenty of cliffhangers that set the tone for season five. First, let's play a bit of catch-up!\n","id":47884790,"type":"gallery","photo_source":"Image Source: NBC","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/how-did-this-is-us-season-4-end-47884790","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/how-did-this-is-us-season-4-end-47884790","share_text":"The Pearson Family Is Back! 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He takes her mild cognitive impairment diagnosis pretty hard and pressures her to do the clinical trial. Randall ends up having a major fight with Kevin over this and the two say hurtful things to each other. Randall says their dad died feeling ashamed of Kevin, while Kevin says the worst day of his life when Randall was brought home from the hospital. A flash forward into the future shows the brothers somewhat civil, but we'll have to see how this intense blowout pans out it in season five. 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Things have been tense between him and Randall because he doesn't think Rebecca should do the clinical trial if she doesn't want to. Amidst their intense fight, Madison (Kate's best friend) reveals to him that she's pregnant \u2014 with twins! We're still unsure of who Kevin ends up with, but in the future we see him wearing a wedding band with a young boy and girl by his side.\n","id":47884808,"type":"image","photo_source":"Image Source: NBC","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/47884790\/image\/47884808\/What-Happens-to-Kevin-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/how-did-this-is-us-season-4-end-47884790","share_text":"What Happens to Kevin in This Is Us Season 4?","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"","image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/d7aPJhJKn8pyN0nHNu5eYrXKCmQ\/fit-in\/1024x1024\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2020\/10\/23\/858\/n\/1922283\/f656d6075f93308f548351.59681910_NUP_190391_2\/i\/What-Happens-to-Nicky-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4.JPG","share_image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/r-XCB5Xbw5Xt34URmgAiCWK_EEI\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2020\/10\/23\/858\/n\/1922283\/f656d6075f93308f548351.59681910_NUP_190391_2\/i\/What-Happens-to-Nicky-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4.JPG","title":"What Happens to Nicky in This Is Us Season 4?","intro_text":false,"body":"Viewers have seen Uncle Nicky and Kevin grow closer throughout season four. 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Hopefully season five will quickly tell us what this means.\n","id":47884810,"type":"image","photo_source":"Image Source: NBC","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/47884790\/image\/47884810\/What-Happens-to-Nicky-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/how-did-this-is-us-season-4-end-47884790","share_text":"What Happens to Nicky in This Is Us Season 4?","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"","image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/5isv5qGnchXDnEcU83ssD2mlvlY\/fit-in\/1024x1024\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2020\/10\/23\/858\/n\/1922283\/8f3a33f95f93308fa49358.50006856_NUP_190391_0\/i\/What-Happens-to-Beth-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4.JPG","share_image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/iaQT1xJs993aso7663FrwZzE1Ig\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2020\/10\/23\/858\/n\/1922283\/8f3a33f95f93308fa49358.50006856_NUP_190391_0\/i\/What-Happens-to-Beth-in-This-Is-Us-Season-4.JPG","title":"What Happens to Beth in This Is Us Season 4?","intro_text":false,"body":"Things have been going well for Beth and Randall during season four, but the finale shows us they might not be on the same page about Rebecca going to do the clinical trial. 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